Stock-waterer.



No. 662,990. Patented nec. 4, |900.

J. H. 'rHonNBunaH- STOCK wA-TEREB.

(Application led Sept. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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NTTn STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN H. THORNBRGH, OF KNIGHTSTOWN, INDIANA.

STOCKf-WATERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 662,990, dated December4, 19O.

Application filed September 22, 1900I Serial No. 30,810. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. THORNBURGH, a citizen of the United States,residingat Knightstown, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Stock-Waterer, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stock-waterers.`

One object of the present invention is to` improve the construction ofstock-waterers andv to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensiveone adapted to supply water automatically as it is consumed and capableof` preventing the water from being fouled in the drinking cup orreceptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter having cut-offsl arranged at the supply and discharge open-`ings adapted to open and close alternately, so that thedischarge-opening will be closed while the reservoir is being filled andwill be opened when the filling-opening is closed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. t

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View ofastock-watererconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of theremovable mat or false bottom of the drinking-receptacle.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a reservoir designed to contain water and consisting of asheet-metal tank; but it will be readily apparent that a barrel or anyother receptacle may be employed for this purpose, and the saidreservoir is provided atits top with a filling-opening 2, and it has adischarge-opening 3 near its bottom and is connected at that point witha drinking receptacle or cup 4. The drinking receptacle or cup 4, whichmay be of any desired form, is connected with the reservoir by a shortpipe 5, extending through the opening 3 and through the rear wall of thecup or receptacle 4: and located at a point below the upper edges of thedrinking cup or receptacle, so that its outer ends will be submerged bythe water within the said cup or receptacle, whereby the water will beautomatically fed as it is consumed by the stock. The device works bypneu matic action, the pressure of the air on the surface of the waterwithin the drinking cup or receptacle operating to prevent or cut offthe iow of water through the discharge pipe or tube 5 when the outer endof the latter is submerged; but as soon as the water within thedrinking-cup is consumed sufficiently to expose the outer end of thedischarge tube or pipe the pressure will be removed therefrom andthewater will flow until the discharge pipe or tube is again submerged. Theaction is purely automatic, the water owing whenever the outer end ofthe discharge-tube is relieved of the pressure of the air. The ends ofthe short pipe may be threaded, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawings, and the inner end of the pipe may be secured by anut; but any `other means may be employed for connecting the pipe to thereservoir and the drinking cup or receptacle.

The reservoir is provided with upper and lower cut-offs 6 and 7 located,respectively, at the supply and discharge openings and connected by arod 8, whereby when one of the cut-offs is opened the other will beclosed, and vice versa, and when the upper cut-o is closed air will beexcluded from the reservoir at the top thereof to permit the automaticand pneumatic action before explained. The upper cut-0E 6, which ishinged at 8', is arranged on the upper face of the top of the reservoirand is provided with a suitable grip or handle 9, and it is locatedwithin a funnel 10. The funnel 10 consists of a flaring ange or ringsurrounding the filling-opening and enabling water to be readily pouredinto the receptacle. The upper cut-off is provided with acentrally-arranged projection or ear 11, having a perforation and linkedinto an eye of the upper end of the rod, which has its lower end engagedin a perforation of a projection or ear 13 of the lower cutoff. Theperforation or ear 13 extends inward toward the center of the reservoir,and the lower cutoff, which is arranged in an upright position, ishinged at its bottom at 14 and is arranged to close thedischarge-opening when the up- IOO per cut-off is opened. By thisconstruction the discharge-opening Will be automatically closed when theupper cut-off is opened and will be similarly opened when the uppercutoff is closed after the reservoir has been supplied with water. Thisconstruction prevents any leakage while the device is being filled.

The drinking cup or receptacle, which is preferably cylindrical,isprovided with a false bottom or mat l5, consisting of adisk of metal orother suitable material, provided at its upper faceA with a series ofspurs 16, adapted to prevent a hog from rubbing its nose over the bottomof the drinking-cup and fouling the water therein. This mat or falsebottom will also prevent a fowl or other animal from standing in the cupor receptacle, and it may be readily removed, and it is adapted tocollect any dirt or other accumulation and will facilitate its readyremoval.

It will be seen that the stock-waterer is eX- ceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that the lower cut-off is automaticallyoperated by the upper one to prevent leakage when the reservoir isfilled and to arrange the parts for operation after the water has beensupplied, and that the mat or false bottom forms a shield to preventthe-water from being fouled and also serves as a tray for catchinganyaccumulation and for enabling the same to be readily removed.

What is claimed is- 1. Adevice of the class described compris-v wherebythe cut-off at the discharge-opening is positively opened and closed bythe other cut-off, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a reservoir havingdischarge and filling openings, a drinking-receptacle connected with thedischarge-opening, an upper hinged cut-off arranged over thefilling-opening, a lower hinged cut-off located within the tank adjacentto the discharge-opening, and a rod connecting the cut-offs and arrangedto close the lower cut-od automatically when the upper one is opened 5subst-an tially as described.

3. A device of the class described compris- Ving a reservoir providedwith discharge and filling openings, a drinking-receptacle connectedwith-the reservoir at the dischargeopening, a iiaring flange or ringsurrounding the filling-opening, a hinged cut-off located Within theflange or ring and arranged over the filling-opening, alower cut-offarranged to cover the discharge-opening, and means for connecting thecut-offs,whereby the lower one will be operated by the 4upper one,substantially as described.

4. A device ofthe class described comprising a reservoir, adrinking-receptacle.connected with the same, means for controlling theflow of water, and a removable mat arranged within thedrinking-receptacle and provided with spurs, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. THORNBURGH. Witnesses:

LEONIDAS P. NEWBY, TILGHMAN FISH.

